Piotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌊Reverendissimo Domino Cracoviensi et Posnaniensi Episcopo Rei Publicae VicecancellarioPiotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌋ etc. datum ex Madrillis oppido regni Toleti 19 Decembris 1524.

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine gratiosissime. Humillimam ... [comenda]tionem.

Superiori die 12 Novembris praeteriti maiestati regiae [... omnem] [histo]riam, quae eo tempore habebatur, per m[ultam] [papyrum] descripsi et Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae seorsum ali[qua] [in] [cyphris], [quarum] scriba meus exemplum non fecit, [quae] [omnia] [per] postam ad urbem expeditam transmisi, et [illarum] [litterarum], [si] [forsan] non essent perlatae, iterum co[pias] [mitto], [ex] [quibus] intelleget Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima in quibus ha[ctenus] [cum] [domino] [doctore] [Bork] difficultatibus versati sumus [et] [quo] [tandem] [rem] [perdux]imus. Si dux Mediolani iam in [Cremona] [quodammodo] [cap]tus, iuridice contra hunc st[atum] [serenissimae] [reginae] [dominae] nostrae agere non poterit, p[raesertim] si stand[um] [erit] [pri]vilegiis serenissimi Friderici, [regi]s. Status iste [iam] [sic] [per] maiestatem caesaream confirmatus, deinceps reginali [maiestati] [erit] [pa]cificus, quemadmodum illum illustrissim[a] du[x] [mater] [tenuit] et possedit. Cum autem aliquando inter os [et] [of]fam [aliquid] [inter]cidere solet, dominus Stanisław Borek (*1474 – †1556), doctor of both laws; 1505 canon of Włocławek; 1508 - Poznań; 1520 - Gniezno; 1523 - Cracow; 1524 royal secretary; 1538 cantor at the Gniezno chapter; 1540 - at the Cracow chapter; 1542 dean at the Cracow chapter; 1523 royal envoy to Rome; 1524 - to emperor Charles V; 1526 - to Bari (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 248; PSB 2, p. 320-322)⌊doctorStanisław Borek (*1474 – †1556), doctor of both laws; 1505 canon of Włocławek; 1508 - Poznań; 1520 - Gniezno; 1523 - Cracow; 1524 royal secretary; 1538 cantor at the Gniezno chapter; 1540 - at the Cracow chapter; 1542 dean at the Cracow chapter; 1523 royal envoy to Rome; 1524 - to emperor Charles V; 1526 - to Bari (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 248; PSB 2, p. 320-322)⌋ et ego commodum [censuimus], [ut] [u]nu[s] hic nostrum, donec omnia per nos expedita firmarentur, maneret, sors autem super me cecidit, non tamen eo modo, quod me ultro ingesserim, ut dominus doctor testabitur; sed ne quicquam per me stetisse videretur, unde cum aliter fieri non potuit, Madrid (Madritum, Maioretum, Madrillae), city in central Spain, Castile, on the Manzanares river, from 1561 capital of Spain⌊hicMadrid (Madritum, Maioretum, Madrillae), city in central Spain, Castile, on the Manzanares river, from 1561 capital of Spain⌋ maneo et pro solita mea fide, donec maiestati regiae visum fuerit, manebo, modo ista mansio non ex me ipso provenisse censeatur. Iam ego ferre possem, ab omni ambitione liber, quod alicubi in angulo non procul a Dominatione Vestra Reverendissima inglorius delitescerem, quod nemo mihi post Deum quam Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima efficere potest, in quam hic in terris omnis mea spes sita est. Nihil est, quod magis me Madrid (Madritum, Maioretum, Madrillae), city in central Spain, Castile, on the Manzanares river, from 1561 capital of Spain⌊hicMadrid (Madritum, Maioretum, Madrillae), city in central Spain, Castile, on the Manzanares river, from 1561 capital of Spain⌋ angit, quam quod multas pecunias exposui et in dies expono, ne mihi aliorsum, quam fidei meae convenit, ascriberetur. Qua de re pauca annotare libuit, ex quibus praeter expensas non parva summa exposita dinoscetur. Postquam cum domino Lodovico Alifio (*1499 – †1543), chancellor of Queen Bona Sforza; 1523-1537 Cracow burgrave; from 1523 royal secretary; governor of Bari and Rossano (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 246; Urzędnicy 4/2, p. 210)⌊Ludovico AliphioLodovico Alifio (*1499 – †1543), chancellor of Queen Bona Sforza; 1523-1537 Cracow burgrave; from 1523 royal secretary; governor of Bari and Rossano (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 246; Urzędnicy 4/2, p. 210)⌋, collega meo, Venice (Venezia, Venetiae), city in northeastern Italy, capital of the Republic of Venice⌊VenetiisVenice (Venezia, Venetiae), city in northeastern Italy, capital of the Republic of Venice⌋ primum applicuissemus, illi visum fuit, ut in vestibus luctus illic alloqueremur ducem, unde quisque nostrum eiusdem valoris pannum pro superiore veste, et subtus de serico raso, quod atlas vocant, pro saione emimus, constabat enim 33 ducatis. Quae vestis adhuc est Naples (Napoli, Neapolis), city in Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, capital of the region of Campania⌊NeapoliNaples (Napoli, Neapolis), city in Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, capital of the region of Campania⌋ apud dominum Lodovico Alifio (*1499 – †1543), chancellor of Queen Bona Sforza; 1523-1537 Cracow burgrave; from 1523 royal secretary; governor of Bari and Rossano (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 246; Urzędnicy 4/2, p. 210)⌊LudovicumLodovico Alifio (*1499 – †1543), chancellor of Queen Bona Sforza; 1523-1537 Cracow burgrave; from 1523 royal secretary; governor of Bari and Rossano (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 246; Urzędnicy 4/2, p. 210)⌋. Si meminit Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima antequam Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviaCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋ exirem, dixi, me pro expeditione de pecuniis mihi pro expensis datis 40 ducatos exposuisse. Immorati Venice (Venezia, Venetiae), city in northeastern Italy, capital of the Republic of Venice⌊VenetiisVenice (Venezia, Venetiae), city in northeastern Italy, capital of the Republic of Venice⌋ et Ferrara, city northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara⌊FerrariaeFerrara, city northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara⌋ pro pompis nostris illis, qui nos curarunt, nomine istorum principum et cymbarum ductoribus pro parte mea 21 ducatos. Voluimus lucrari in equis, antequam triremem ascenderemus, postea vix nobis tantum pro eis solutum est, quantum in hospitio consumpserant. Pro triremi et itinere Venice (Venezia, Venetiae), city in northeastern Italy, capital of the Republic of Venice⌊VenetiisVenice (Venezia, Venetiae), city in northeastern Italy, capital of the Republic of Venice⌋ emi lectum portabilem ligneum pro 3 ducatis et, quae ad lectum spectant, 6 ducatis. Dominus Lodovico Alifio (*1499 – †1543), chancellor of Queen Bona Sforza; 1523-1537 Cracow burgrave; from 1523 royal secretary; governor of Bari and Rossano (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 246; Urzędnicy 4/2, p. 210)⌊LudovicusLodovico Alifio (*1499 – †1543), chancellor of Queen Bona Sforza; 1523-1537 Cracow burgrave; from 1523 royal secretary; governor of Bari and Rossano (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 246; Urzędnicy 4/2, p. 210)⌋ solvit pro naulo patrono. Postquam Bari, castle and city in southern Italy, capital of Duchy of Bari⌊BariumBari, castle and city in southern Italy, capital of Duchy of Bari⌋ venimus et dominus Ludovicus Naples (Napoli, Neapolis), city in Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, capital of the region of Campania⌊NeapolimNaples (Napoli, Neapolis), city in Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, capital of the region of Campania⌋ inisset meque ad se vocasset, pro conductis equis usque Neapolim exposui ducatos 16, quando illinc erat exeundum versus Spain (Hispania)⌊HispaniamSpain (Hispania)⌋, relicto lecto, uti voluit dominus Ludovicus, pro aliis equis dedi ducatos 50, per Italy (Italia)⌊ItaliamItaly (Italia)⌋ et ulterius pro bolletinis et conductoribus viarum expertis exposui ducatos 30. Huc veniens pro alio lecto ducatos 5, pro apparamentis et duabus aulaeis pro usu camerae et quibus equi, qui portant sarcinas, teguntur, ducatos 10, pro scutellis, discis mensalibus et aliis ad cotidianum usum necessariis ducatos 12, pro quattuor petiis argenti, vase, quo aqua funditur et 3 pateris 45 ducatos, pro panno, quo famulos ad hiemem et me vestivi 24 ducatos. Pro pellibus ovinis, quibus 3 vestes subduxi, 26 ducatos. Alia, quae minora sunt et quae ad cotidianum usum emuntur, omitto, hic enim in hospitiis et inter eundum nihil reperitur quam id, quod quisque secum portat. Summa istorum expositorum facit 318 ducatos. De expensis, nisi esset morosum, etiam dari ratio posset, sed haec, Deo bene favente, aliquando coram, ne cuiquam ansa calumniandi me relinqui possit. Haec ideo Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae descripsi et ingenue in illius notitiam pervenire volui, si forsan alia de me apud Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria

Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon⌊principes nostrosSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria

Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon⌋ haberetur suspicio, ut illam diluere possit. Nollem enim, donec spiritus iste in hoc est corpore, quod Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima propter me ruborem aliquem habere deberet, potius mallem me numquam esse natum, scio etiam, quod non mihi, sed Dominationi Vestrae creditur, quae, ut fortunis meis aliqua accessio fieri possit, in has legationes me struxit, in quibus, Deo bene favente, cum sic mihi est in fatis, ita me geram, quod nec mihi, nec Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae quicquam honesto contrarium impigi possit, cum hoc semper utili proponere consueverim. Proinde Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae, ut domino meo unico et clementissimo, humiliter supplico, si cognoverit, quod hoc duro et fideli meo servitio per nescio quas delationes, quas non metuo, vel in principum meorum indignationem, aut aliquam suspicionem, fidei meae non convenientem, incidere deberem, velit efficere, ut cum primis revocarer, ut me inde exonerare possem. Nullus est, cui non hunc honorem faveo, in quo sum hic, et certo etiam per salutem animae meae mihi credat Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima, quod mallem esse minimus apud Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam scriba vel stabularius, quam hic agere et sinistrae suspicioni esse obnoxius . Scripsi in litteris ad Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria

Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon⌊principes meosSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria

Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon⌋, quod mihi restarent de omnibus hic et a domino Stanisław Borek (*1474 – †1556), doctor of both laws; 1505 canon of Włocławek; 1508 - Poznań; 1520 - Gniezno; 1523 - Cracow; 1524 royal secretary; 1538 cantor at the Gniezno chapter; 1540 - at the Cracow chapter; 1542 dean at the Cracow chapter; 1523 royal envoy to Rome; 1524 - to emperor Charles V; 1526 - to Bari (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 248; PSB 2, p. 320-322)⌊doctoreStanisław Borek (*1474 – †1556), doctor of both laws; 1505 canon of Włocławek; 1508 - Poznań; 1520 - Gniezno; 1523 - Cracow; 1524 royal secretary; 1538 cantor at the Gniezno chapter; 1540 - at the Cracow chapter; 1542 dean at the Cracow chapter; 1523 royal envoy to Rome; 1524 - to emperor Charles V; 1526 - to Bari (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 248; PSB 2, p. 320-322)⌋ acceptis pecuniis quingenti ducati, de quibus, ut dominus doctor scit, quinquaginta iam desunt; accepi igitur ad fidem meam ab illo in mutuum centum ducatos, prius etiam centum de meis exposui, illos libenter impendam, saltem ut aliqua iniqua nota caream. De omnibus me ad dominum Stanisław Borek (*1474 – †1556), doctor of both laws; 1505 canon of Włocławek; 1508 - Poznań; 1520 - Gniezno; 1523 - Cracow; 1524 royal secretary; 1538 cantor at the Gniezno chapter; 1540 - at the Cracow chapter; 1542 dean at the Cracow chapter; 1523 royal envoy to Rome; 1524 - to emperor Charles V; 1526 - to Bari (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 248; PSB 2, p. 320-322)⌊doctoremStanisław Borek (*1474 – †1556), doctor of both laws; 1505 canon of Włocławek; 1508 - Poznań; 1520 - Gniezno; 1523 - Cracow; 1524 royal secretary; 1538 cantor at the Gniezno chapter; 1540 - at the Cracow chapter; 1542 dean at the Cracow chapter; 1523 royal envoy to Rome; 1524 - to emperor Charles V; 1526 - to Bari (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 248; PSB 2, p. 320-322)⌋ refero, qui, ut vir profecto bonus et integer est, quicquid de me dixerit, oraculum esse volo. Ille etiam aliquando referet, quam ego ex mandato Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae cum Aliphio collega meo patientiam habui etc. Non scripsi neque scribam, sed coram, ut in Deum spero, intelliget. cf. Hor. Carm. II.16.28 ⌊Nihil est ab omni parte beatumcf. Hor. Carm. II.16.28 ⌋. Alia non restant. Commendo me humillime favori et gratiae Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae, et rogo me magnifico domino Christofero Szidlovicio palatino Cracoviensi excuset, quod non scripsi, tot enim in domini doctoris expeditione se obtulerunt agenda, quae mihi fuerunt impedimento. Reverendissimo domino meo Praemisliensi omnia fausta precor et me illi et Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae iterum atque iterum commendo.

Ex Madrid (Madritum, Maioretum, Madrillae), city in central Spain, Castile, on the Manzanares river, from 1561 capital of Spain⌊MadrillisMadrid (Madritum, Maioretum, Madrillae), city in central Spain, Castile, on the Manzanares river, from 1561 capital of Spain⌋, oppido regni Toleti, 19 Decembris anno Domini 1524.

Eiusdem Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae humillimus servus Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌊Ioannes DantiscusIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌋.